John Featherstone wrote: > Feel free to send me to the correct discussion group but..... > > I took the 20 gig Hitachi out of my Wallstreet, and put it in a OWC firewire > case. I formatted it MS Dos using the formatting utility on my Mac.... OS > 9.2.2, whatever version of the utility was running there. Transferred files > to it and could read it on my mac, but my Dell running Win 2KPro(NT based) > wouldn't recognize it, and demanded that I reformat it before it would copy > to it. Now I've done that, and my Mac won't recognize it. Why can't I do > this? I've always formatted floppies for Windows, on my Mac, so that I could > move files back and forth. I even do it with zip discs, and the CDs that I > burn from my Mac.... They're all interchangable. Why can't I do it with a > portable drive, or can I?
Betcha the Win2K system wanted it formatted as NTFS because it's a hard drive, which is NOT the same as what removable disks like floppies and zips are...CD's are a different format that both the Mac and PC can read. The best solution is to get MacDrive and install it on the Dell. <http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
